Glasses For Face Shape

How To Choose The Perfect Glasses For Your Face Shape

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When it comes to wearing glasses, 20/20 style means selecting frames that work well with the shape of your face. Understanding your face shape will help you to accentuate your best features. Use these rules to find the best glasses for you.

Heart/Triangle

With a pointed chin and wide cheekbones and forehead, the heart-shaped face can afford to be a little eccentric. Rectangular glasses work perfectly well to counter the pointy chin but also think about wayfarer styles which will broaden the brow and in doing so balance the jawline. Tortoiseshell or light-coloured frames will also tend to soften the lower half of your face.

Typically, a round face shape requires frames that add structure and definition to a Karl Pilkington-esque visage. Frames that are wider than the broadest part of your face are a good idea, particularly ones that aren’t too angular, so soft square glasses are a great option. Details such as contrast arms and double brows will also help to elongate your facial structure.

You’re in luck — just about any style of frame sits nicely on an ovular face shape given its balanced structure, so it’s really about what sort of personality you want to project. Small circular glasses are probably the one style that might work to your detriment by elongating your face. Stick with larger frames. If you have high and prominent cheekbones, square or rectangular frames accentuate this feature best.

The chiselled features of a square face typically feature a strong jawline with broad cheekbones. It’s a strong shape that’s very angular so the idea is for your frames to soften out your bone structure. Hence opt for round or ovular glasses to lengthen the upper portion of your face. Fifties browline styles (above) in a tortoiseshell or lighter colour can work well too, so long as they are not too imposing.

Heads shaped like a brick have the same solid jawline and broad forehead of square faces only they’re elongated to look narrower. That’s why frame styles which are wider than the widest part of your face are the way to go here. Steer clear of rectangular frames if you’d rather not look like a game of Tetris. Instead, think softer rounder styles (just ask Johnny) with bold brow details and contrast arm styling to add proportion.

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